The Salmon Imperative

Exploring rural rhetoric beyond the landscape, farm, or site of tragedy: Space and place in rural bridge folklore

“…More broadly, though, rural spaces and places encompass many more settings such as small towns and wilderness areas than those covered by One example involving anthropomorphizing salmon has already shown that multiple topics emerge from anthropomorphic conversations. When Plec et al (2017) asked what could salmon teach about rhetoric they found that "salmon teach us moral and practical lessons about ecological integrity and eudaimonia, a classical Greek concept often translated as human flourishing, happiness, or, simply, 'the good life ' (p. 248). Just as the salmon taught about their environment, the topoi involved in the Rainbow Bridge site from chapter three give voice to ways of being with nature in its affordances and constraints.…”